Greece’s new Balkan Economic Relations: policy shifts but no structural change
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Report
Author
Monastiriotis, Vassilis
Tsamis, Achilleas
Corporate name
European Commission / Directorate General for External RelationsDate
2007-04View/ Open
Subject headings
Southeast Europe ; Greek economic diplomacyAbstract
The advent of transition in the former communist countries set in
motion significant changes not only in the countries concerned but
also in the economic and geo-political environment of Greece.
Together with many positive developments, some new challenges
also emerged, as the country was suddenly presented with a new set
of political problems and economic threats and opportunities that
were urgently calling for a new approach to managing its economic
and international relations. This paper examines exactly these
developments in the Greek foreign economic policy in the Balkans
and argues that, despite some significant innovations and policy
shifts, a paradigmatic structural change in Greece’s economic
approach to the region is still lacking.